We get a glimpse of some of the amazing frescoes in this part of Italy.

Marika covers the grave and acute accents, providing examples of words that have entirely different meanings because of their accentuation.

Daniela's lesson on future tense verbs ending in: -are, -ere, and -ire.

Majestic mountains, clear lakes, and enigmatic medieval frescoes characterize the area surrounding Termeno.

Marika's opening segment on accents and accentuation in Italian.

The first of Daniela's four segments on the future tense. She explains when it's used and how the present tense is sometimes used in its place.

For more on using the future tense for probability, see this lesson.

The first of a six-part series on the Trentino-Alto Adige area of Italy, also known as South Tyrol, reveals majestic alpine landscapes and masterpieces of medieval art.

The final segment on truncation covers imperative mood verbs that take apostrophes, as well as expressions concerning maladies.

Marika outlines exceptions to the rules governing truncation, and provides many useful examples.

In the last part of this miniseries, Michela works on verbs ending in ire with her class. She also spends time on the all-important irregular verb essere (to be).

The tour of Basilicata closes with verses of Isabella Morra and British travel writer, Norman Douglas. Set against the backdrop of the beautiful Ionian coastline, the young traveler gives some tips on mastering the Lucan dialect.

Marika's first of three lessons on truncation, where she compares elision to truncation. There are many useful examples, such as: mar, san, buon, ben, and signor.

Michela shows us how to conjugate verbs in the imperfetto (imperfect past tense). She covers -are verbs and -ere verbs. It's easy once you get the idea.

Our guides bring us to the very old and picturesque Rabatana quarter of Tursi, and to Craco, where the ghost of Isabella Morra, a 16th century poet, is said to roam about the ruins.

In some cases using an elision is not grammatically correct. Marika explains some of these cases.